---
type: "Bill"
title: "Bipartisan Ethics Appointments."
description: "Bipartisan Ethics Appointments."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2019"
identifier: "SB 7"
citation: "North Carolina SB 7 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["APPOINTMENTS", "COMMISSIONS", "ETHICS", "GENERAL ASSEMBLY", "PRESIDENT PRO TEMPORE", "PUBLIC", "PUBLIC OFFICIALS", "RATIFIED", "SPEAKER", "CHAPTERED", "ETHICS COMN."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 4
action_count: 18
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2019-01-30"
last_action: "2019-02-07"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/71dc3185-9dd9-44cd-a811-47187e05920e"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2019&BillID=S7&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "3ecefc1fa9a675db1256a26e4a4f394487cd70fb04716daff59186542545aa0c"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-nc"]
---

# North Carolina SB 7 (2019) — Bipartisan Ethics Appointments.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Filed** (filed) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2019/Bills/Senate/PDF/S7v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2019/Bills/Senate/PDF/S7v1.pdf)
3. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2019/Bills/Senate/PDF/S7v2.pdf)
4. **SL 2019-1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2019/Bills/Senate/PDF/S7v3.pdf)

## Votes

- Second Reading — **116–1** (pass) · lower
- Second Reading — **45–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Clark — cosponsor (person)
- Lowe — cosponsor (person)
- Rabon — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2019-02-07** Ch. SL 2019-1 `became-law`
- **2019-02-07** Ratified
- **2019-02-06** Ordered Enrolled
- **2019-02-06** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-02-06** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2019-02-05** Placed On Cal For 02/06/2019
- **2019-02-05** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2019-02-05** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-02-04** Ref To Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-04** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2019-02-04** Special Message Received From Senate
- **2019-02-04** Special Message Sent To House
- **2019-02-04** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-02-04** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2019-01-31** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-01-31** Ref To Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2019-01-31** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2019-01-30** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/71dc3185-9dd9-44cd-a811-47187e05920e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).